Jabberwocky (1971)

Directed by

Jan Švankmajer

Genre

short film, animated film, speculative fiction film

Country

Czechoslovakia

Runtime

14 min

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 41 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young girl explores a chaotic antique shop where household objects transform into strange creatures and scenes. The film loosely adapts a Lewis Carroll poem with surreal animations and a darkly playful tone.

surrealwhimsicaldreamlikeunsettlingplayfuldenseambiguousvisually inventive

What happens

Jabberwocky (Czech: Žvahlav aneb šatičky slaměného Huberta, "Jabberwocky, or Hubert's Straw Hats") is a 1971 Czechoslovak animated short film written and directed by Jan Švankmajer, based loosely on the 1871 poem "Jabberwocky" by Lewis Carroll and on a children's book Anička skřítek a Slaměný Hubert ("Anička the Sprite and Straw Hubert") by Czech surrealist Vítězslav Nezval, which is referenced in the Czech title. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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